Devoted Dad does ironman triathlon - and takes his disabled son along
18 August 2006, 12:02 PM
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Devoted Dad does ironman triathlon - and takes his disabled son along
This guy has looked after his disabled son all his life, and decides to do the ironman but take his son along, quite a moving video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ocidfeed&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...ocidfeed&hl=en
18 August 2006, 12:41 PM
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Very humbling
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I don't think that was an ordinary triathlon, I think that was the Hawaii Ironman, which is a whole world of hurt.
I just googled their name and got their website, it was an Ironman. In which case look at this for the distances involved:-
The swim is 2.4 miles and the cutoff is 2 hrs. and 20 min., the bike is 112 miles and the cutoff time is 10 hrs and 30 min from the beginning of the race and the run is a full marathon which is 26.2 miles and the cutoff time is 17 hours from the beginning of the race.
Then look at the the families' record:-
206 Triathlons, 6 Ironman distances
20 Duathlons
64 Marathons, 24 straight Boston Marathons
7 18.6 Milers
78 Half Marathons
1 20K
34 10 Milers
27 Falmouth 7.1 milers, 1 Falmouth in the Fall
8 15K
204 10K
143 5 Milers
4 8K
15 4 Milers
92 5K
6 20 Milers
2 11K
Total 911 events
Makes you think doesn't it.
I just googled their name and got their website, it was an Ironman. In which case look at this for the distances involved:-
The swim is 2.4 miles and the cutoff is 2 hrs. and 20 min., the bike is 112 miles and the cutoff time is 10 hrs and 30 min from the beginning of the race and the run is a full marathon which is 26.2 miles and the cutoff time is 17 hours from the beginning of the race.
Then look at the the families' record:-
206 Triathlons, 6 Ironman distances
20 Duathlons
64 Marathons, 24 straight Boston Marathons
7 18.6 Milers
78 Half Marathons
1 20K
34 10 Milers
27 Falmouth 7.1 milers, 1 Falmouth in the Fall
8 15K
204 10K
143 5 Milers
4 8K
15 4 Milers
92 5K
6 20 Milers
2 11K
Total 911 events
Makes you think doesn't it.
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Originally Posted by PeteT
Puts things in perspective a bit doesn't it?
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